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diff --git a/doc/forum/Howto_remove_unused_files.mdwn b/doc/forum/Howto_remove_unused_files.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..db770457b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Howto_remove_unused_files.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +Hello. + +My case: I have somehow managed to get my repo, with quite much stuff inside it messed up. + +There is single directory 'cities' containing quite many files (>10k) that i would rather see gone (and keep the tar.bz version of it ..). I tried doing + + git drop --force + +that works fine, but the files are still there after sync. + +git annex unused says just 'ok' so i guess it thinks they are still used somewhere. I tried to look where, but i ended up just doing git annex drop -f my_remote_here test_file_name for each of my remotes. This doesnt help. +How can i get rid of these files? Doing git annex fsck shows that + + +So, try to search what is the key: + + % ls -lah cities/diskcache/config.cfg + lrwxrwxrwx 1 XX XXX 190 Nov 29 05:52 cities/diskcache/config.cfg -> ../../../../.git/annex/objects/qm/M6/SHA256-s32--4f5ce34d1b0b8d854a315530b2fdcbfa9c3067636a2aa5433a04402db4151dce/SHA256-s32--4f5ce34d1b0b8d854a315530b2fdcbfa9c3067636a2aa5433a04402db4151dce + sundberg@sundberg-MS-7680 ~/git-repository/ubuntu.iso/Archive/Maps + % git log --stat --all -SSHA256-s32--4f5ce34d1b0b8d854a315530b2fdcbfa9c3067636a2aa5433a04402db4151dce/SHA256-s32--4f5ce34d1b0b8d854a315530b2fdcbfa9c3067636a2aa5433a04402db4151dce + commit 51a57a023774ff80408210828f298f5c42a7e0be + Author: XXXX + Date: Sun Dec 9 13:42:40 2012 +0200 + git-annex automatic sync + Archive/Maps/cities/diskcache/config.cfg | 1 + + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) + +So how can i deduce what is the remote i should try to clean up ? + + +Thanks! |